blow up in your face
- backfireYield unintended consequences
- explodeBurst with sudden force
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- spectacleVisually striking event
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
plan · rebound · misfire · catastrophe · humiliation · embarrassment · karma · revenge · consequences · hubris · unravel · collapse · shatter · detonate · fiasco · boomerang · sabotage · reckless
outcome
blow up in your facepay off
Discharge a debt
work out · succeed · pan out · bear fruit · fall into place